Latest blog entries about College Basketball
Dixon was recruited to Clemson in the 2023 cycle as a high 3-star (.8778) in the 24/7 composite. Dixon prepped at Philadelphia’s powerhouse Archbishop Wood and was a multiple sport star athlete, playing both ways in football including safety and defensive end as well as wide receiver, tight end, and in one game even the […]
This is an interesting and fun time to be a Nebraska Basketball fan. Your team just made it to the Sweet 16. It’s the best season in the history of the program. There is an opportunity that you can bring back a First Team All-Big Ten player and before today there were six roster spots […]
Saturday is a big one on the Hill with a triple-header of men’s and women’s lacrosse ahead of the football spring game for a full day of action in the JMA Dome. The centerpiece of the day is the No. 5/6 Syracuse men’s annual matchup with the No. 13/9 Virginia Cavaliers for a Top 10 […]
The mass exodus from Penn State’s men’s basketball program continued yesterday, as freshman forward Justin Houser became the latest Nittany Lion to announce that he is entering the transfer portal. The 7-foot Camp Hill, PA native was originally meant to redshirt this past season, but was forced into action midway through due to a pile-up […]
On April 7th, Marquette men’s basketball announced that Jeremy Ballard would be joining the team as an assistant coach. At the time, I noted that part of the announcement of adding Ballard was not just the departure of Nevada Smith for the Siena head coaching position, but also the departure of assistant coach DeAndre Haynes. […]
Thomas joins me to discuss Oregon’s recent golf performances, the tennis teams’ Big Ten play, and film review on TE transfer Markus Dixon.
It’s only been a few days since Michael Malone was announced as UNC’s newest head coach, but the NBA title winner is well into the process of assembling his staff. Chuck Martin, who spent the last two seasons on John Calipari’s staff at Arkansas, will reportedly be associate head coach for the Tar Heels. Martin […]
The transfer portal hasn’t moved as fast as many Syracuse fans have wanted. So far Gerry McNamara has added two of his former Siena players in Gavin Doty and Tasman Goodrick, but who else are the Orange after? According to reports I’ve seen, Syracuse has been in touch with two players in the portal, so […]
Well, we’re a few more days into the transfer portal being open and there’s a few more players in it than there were previously. We already listed five transfer portal guards Indiana men’s basketball could target at the beginning of the week, so why not take a look at five more? We wanted to avoid […]
The Five Heart Podcast crew of Greg, Minnie, and Fred spent much of the episode discussing Nebraska basketball and the changing realities of the transfer portal. The biggest topic was the loss of forward Berke Büyüktuncel, who entered the portal despite recently getting a tattoo commemorating Nebraska’s 27-6 season. The hosts described him as an […]
The latest Duke Chronicle player profile is of Patrick Ngongba, and from his freshman to sophomore seasons, Ngongba has grown as much as any Duke player in recent memory. If you remember, Ngongba missed much of his senior season in high school with a foot injury, and with Duke’s depth up front last season, we […]
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Last year appeared destined to be a disaster for the Indiana Fever. With Caitlin Clark injured and playing just 13 games due to a groin injury, the Fever finished sixth in the WNBA standings. However, the regular season is only half of the story. In the playoffs, the Fever went on a stellar run. They […]
Kansas Jayhawks News Kansas basketball lost another one to the transfer portal yesterday. Next season will be an adventure! The KC Star tells you how Andy Kotelnicki turned a former Penn State star into a selling point for Kansas TEs What are the three best transfer portal fits for outgoing Kansas C Flory Bidunga? Kansas […]
Good morning, BBN! We are starting to get a clearer picture of what the Kentucky Basketball roster will look like next season, as players have entered the portal and transfer targets are starting to emerge. However, we might need to keep an eye on a potential return from the latest portal entrant for the Cats. […]
Last summer, Kentucky Basketball was the biggest spender in the room. A staggering $22 million was poured into a roster designed for a deep March run. But as the dust settles on that investment, a sobering truth remains: most of that money didn’t buy a second year. Today, Mark Pope is staring at a roster […]
Here we track Mizzou, but the Tigers are amongst the teams with the fewest players in the portal. If you follow the transfer tracker it sometimes can be overwhelming to follow just one team. So one of the things I’ve done with RockM+ is taking to tracking all of the SEC. And there is a […]
The college basketball transfer portal is in full swing as the 2025-26 season has come to an end. The Kentucky Wildcats will be interested in a lot of top talent. A name to watch for the Wildcats is Jalen Cox, a 6-foot-3 guard from Colgate. As a junior, Cox averaged 17.9 points, 5.3 assists, 5.2 […]
NEW YORK CITY — Jayson Tatum made the choice to not bite his tongue a long time ago. At the Celtics’ shootaround on Thursday morning, when he was asked about the emotions of playing at Madison Square Garden for the very first time since his injury, the Celtics star opted to be completely candid. “Nervousness, […]
Real Madrid host Girona right in between of the two crucial legs against Bayern Munich in the Champions League. The team’s loss to Mallorca last Saturday all but clinched Barcelona’s LaLiga title, so Arbeloa will be tempted to make some rotations in order to keep his players fresh. Madrid should still have what it takes […]
Real Madrid host Girona in what’s expected to be a good opportunity for coach Arbeloa to give some minutes to players like Bellingham, Camavinga or Mendy as the three of them try to gain momentum ahead of Wednesday’s match against Bayern Munich in the return leg of the Champions League Quarterfinals. Real Madrid predicted XI: […]
The Big Ten has produced a national champion for the first time since 2000. Michigan, who won it all, once in 1989, but finished runner-up in 1991,1992, 2013 and 2018, are back on the mountain top, led by point guard Elliot Cadeau. He was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player. And he reached a […] The post Final Four MOP Elliot Cadeau Returning to Michigan for Senior Season appeared first on The Sports Bank .
The transfer portal for college basketball is heating up and the Irish have already seen six players leave Notre Dame for the portal in Cole Certa, Sir Mohammed, Jalen Haralson, Garrett Sundra, Markus Burton, and Ryder Frost. Now… you can make it SEVEN players (kind of). Kebba Njie has no eligibility remaining to play college […]
The NCAA Tournament can do a whole lot for your NBA Draft stock, provided you are a player who can rise up and carpe diem. Michgan forward Yaxel Lendeborg, the reigning Big Ten Playery of the Year, projected as a potential mid first round pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, entering March Madness. However, some […] The post Yaxel Lendeborg Played His Way into NBA Draft Lottery this March Madness appeared first on The Sports Bank .
Kentucky Basketball will not land Dink Pate, who made his commitment to Providence on Thursday after spending the last three seasons in the NBA G League. Pate, who recently turned 20 years old, will leave the professional ranks to play college basketball. The 6-foot-7 point guard first made headlines in 2023 when he joined the […]